A Tesla dealership in China, January 4, 2021. -
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Fully autonomous driving will be available to Tesla owners before the end of the second quarter, the car brand's boss Elon Musk said on Twitter.
To present this highly anticipated feature, Tesla engineers need to improve Autopilot.
What will be done "for sure" by July warned the billionaire.
The launch of full autonomy driving a Tesla has been postponed several times.
The feature was announced for the end of 2020 by Elon Musk during the presentation of the financial results for the third quarter of 2020, in October.
What create the expectation of the customers of the Californian manufacturer.
But the delay has been caught as indicated by the leader.
Tesla teams want to ensure that the artificial intelligence behind the fully
self-driving
software (
FSD
) will not suffer from any flaws, says
Capital
.
Q2 for sure
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 1, 2021
Conclusive trials
A beta version of the FSD software has already been fitted to some cars since October.
For this, owners must pay a single package of 10,000 dollars, or 8,276 euros.
But at this stage, the FSD software is still incomplete to ensure the full autonomy of the vehicle.
However, in early January, a Tesla equipped with the new FSD driving system was able to travel 576 km on California roads without any driver intervention.
It will be possible to subscribe to get the latest FSD software.
No price has yet been communicated but Elon Musk advises, on Twitter, the purchase rather than the subscription, considering that it is more advantageous in the long term.
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